Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

E321015

heritage railway light railway tourist attraction

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is a famous 15-inch gauge light railway in Kent, England, known for its miniature steam and diesel locomotives running between Hythe and Dungeness.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway canonical	9
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway company	2
New Romney signal box	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage railway ⓘ light railway ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
connectsTo	Dungeness ⓘ surface form: Dungeness headland Hythe, Kent ⓘ surface form: Hythe (Kent) town
country	England ⓘ
currentPrimaryRole	heritage and tourist railway ⓘ
depot	Hythe ⓘ New Romney ⓘ
founder	Captain J. E. P. Howey ⓘ Count Louis Zborowski ⓘ
gauge	15 in (381 mm) ⓘ
hasIntermediateStation	Dungeness Lighthouse ⓘ Dymchurch ⓘ Greatstone-on-Sea ⓘ New Romney ⓘ Romney Sands ⓘ St Mary’s Bay ⓘ
hasLocomotiveType	4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives ⓘ 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotives ⓘ diesel-hydraulic locomotives ⓘ
hasMuseum	New Romney station museum ⓘ
hasSignalBox	Dungeness signal box ⓘ Hythe signal box ⓘ Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Romney signal box
headquarters	New Romney ⓘ
heritageStatus	preserved railway ⓘ
length	approximately 13.5 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Kent ⓘ
near	Dungeness nuclear power station ⓘ English Channel coast ⓘ
notableFeature	double-track sections ⓘ miniature main-line style locomotives ⓘ signalling similar to full-size railways ⓘ
offersService	school and group visits ⓘ seasonal passenger services ⓘ special charter trains ⓘ
opened	1927 ⓘ
originalPurpose	public transport on Romney Marsh ⓘ
ownerType	private company ⓘ
primaryTraction	steam locomotives ⓘ
secondaryTraction	diesel locomotives ⓘ
servesArea	Romney Marsh ⓘ
terminus	Dungeness ⓘ Hythe ⓘ
touristUse	family leisure trips ⓘ seaside tourism ⓘ
trackGaugeType	minimum gauge railway ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hythe → hasAttraction → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

New Romney → servedBy → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

New Romney → nearbyAttraction → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

HYTHE → servedBy → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Hythe

Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → partOf → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → railwayLine → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → terminusOf → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → owner → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway company

Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → operator → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway company

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway → hasSignalBox → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Romney signal box

Dymchurch → hasAttraction → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ

Dymchurch → servedBy → Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway ⓘ